Like Water for Chocolate?
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ChiKat - Apr 25, 2005 6:27:14 am PDT #8662 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Kate P. - Apr 25, 2005 6:30:07 am PDT #8663 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Heh. ChiKat, I almost suggested that one. Except, would that be appropriate for Kat's students? I remember it's pretty racy, but then, maybe I only think that because I read it when I was probably around the age of Kat's students.
Scrappy - Apr 25, 2005 6:30:12 am PDT #8664 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Helprin's Winter's Tale?
Kate P. - Apr 25, 2005 6:31:17 am PDT #8665 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jose Saramago? Haruki Murakami?
sumi - Apr 25, 2005 6:32:09 am PDT #8666 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Italo Calvino?
Alice Hoffman?
ChiKat - Apr 25, 2005 6:33:09 am PDT #8667 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Except, would that be appropriate for Kat's students?
Yeah, there's that. I don't know what age she teaches. It is a bit racy (and so so good!).
Some Isabel Allende? Or Kafka's Metamorphosis? Beloved?
JohnSweden - Apr 25, 2005 6:33:13 am PDT #8668 of 10001
I can't even.
Matt Ruff, Fool on the Hill?
ETA (more modern fairy tale than magic realism, although ... Also, I was wracking my brain for inappropriateness, and I don't think there is any, but I watch Deadwood for fun, so I'm not sure I'm a good judge.)
Dana - Apr 25, 2005 6:52:38 am PDT #8669 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2005 7:00:40 am PDT #8670 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With many shows that we associate with ''quality'' entertainment -- ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show,'' ''Murphy Brown,'' ''Frasier'' -- the intelligence arrives fully formed in the words and actions of the characters on-screen. They say witty things to one another and avoid lapsing into tired sitcom cliches
Which Frasier was that? Was that the one with the funny misunderstanding? I love that one.
Connie Neil - Apr 25, 2005 7:05:20 am PDT #8671 of 10001
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Which Frasier was that?
I liked the one where Frasier was afraid Niles was going to go "howling across the moors" over Daphne, "Wuthering Heights" references being fairly skimpy in modern sitcoms.